Newsletter: April 2023                                                            

We are happy to be, once again, a Gold Sponsor of this year’s AMEC Global Summit on Measurement and Evaluation. The 2023 AMEC Global Summit will be held in Miami, from 15 to 17 May.

DataScouting has been an AMEC member since 2014. As a tech provider we offer AMEC members sophisticated PR dashboards and media intelligence software solutions to optimize their business workflow across broadcast media (TV, Radio, IP audiovisual streams), social and online media, print. As an AMEC member we are proud sponsors of all AMEC Global Summits.

We are happy to be supporting TechSaloniki 2023, the No1 skill matching event in information technology in Thessaloniki. The 7th edition of TechSaloniki will take place at the Thessaloniki Concert Hall, M2 Buidling, from 12 to 13 of May.

As a founding member, DataScouting has been supporting TechSaloniki since day one. This year, DataScouting is not only a Silver Sponsor but also a Key Technology Enabler.

As a Key Technology Enabler, DataScouting is in charge of the (multiple choice) testing creation system, the digitization process of the test results and the automated grading of the skill matching results.

We were happy to attend the FIBEP Tech Day 2023, taking place on the 21^st of April in Rome. Tom Avramis and Stavros Vologiannidis will be in Rome looking forward to meeting with fellow members, connecting and discussing our media intelligence software solutions. Moreover, Stavros is a speaker and will talk about “Unlocking the secrets of Language using LLMs: link analysis and summarization: Client case”. In this presentation, Stavros will focus on the outcomes of a proof-of-concept project for a government entity regarding link analysis and summarization.

DataScouting is a FIBEP member and a proud sponsor of FIBEP events since 2014. As a software company we are happy to be partners with FIBEP members offering media intelligence software solutions.

On the 27^th of February, UN Brief held a Twitter Space to talk about ChatGPT and diplomacy, disinformation and hate speech, how media intelligence software monitors the issue, and the question of algorithms and the spread of disinformation.

Sophia Karakeva, CCO, was invited by Maya Plentz, Editor in Chief of UN Brief, to be part of this Twitter Space. Sophia talked bout DataScouting’s EU-funded project with the European Journalism Centre (EJC) on a data drive approach to countering hate speech against journalists on social media (DACHS). Sophia also explained how organizations can counter disinformation and misinformation using media intelligence services and the right media monitoring platforms. And finally, she touched upon the sensitive issue of platform manipulation and how conversations on social media are being amplified by Artificial Intelligence.

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